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I never thought about who was the best parent in the Dragon Ball universe until I became an adult and then I started noticing that argument everywhere. At least where I hang out, the arguments never get that bad. For me, the best dads are Gohan, Krillin, and Vegeta in that order. Oh, and Piccolo's somewhere between Krillin and Vegeta since he was kind of a father figure for Gohan.

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But personally I wish that argument had never been brought up in the canon because it has only served to add fuel to the fire. It was funny as a semi-serious joke, it's not funny when it's being addressed in the show. Both Gohan and Goten turned out completely fine without any daddy issues (and Goten was super happy to meet his dad the first time during the Buu saga) and people end to forget that Chichi is also their parent.

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Gotta disagree about Gohan. Goku's lack of understanding of Gohan as a person nearly caused the planet to be destroyed when they faced Cell. And Gohan seems to regard the guy who kidnapped him as his father figure.

Also, kids turning out fine doesn't necessarily correlate to parents being good parents.